Monday, 6 July 2015

Female Suicide Bomber Strikes Near Kano Mosque

An explosion has gone off near a Mosque in Kano, with the suicide
bomber ferrying the explosive feared dead, witnesses and a police
official said.Witnesses say the casualty figure in the incident is unclear at this
time, although a police spokesperson said the teenage female suicide
bomber has been confirmed dead.The spokesperson for the Kano Police Command, Magaji Majiya, said the
teenage bomber detonated the explosive at 9:30 p.m Monday after she was
prevented from accessing the Umar Bin Khatab mosque along Zaria Road.The incident happened just as faithful were dispersing after observing the late night (Tarawih) prayer, witnesses said.“She was trying to cross over to the mosque, but she was stopped,”
Mr. Majiya said. “She immediately detonated the bomb and died
immediately.”Monday night’s bombing in Kano came 24 hours after a similar attack
on a restaurant and a mosque in Jos, the Plateau State capital, left no
fewer than 44 persons dead and 48 others injured.Another attack on a church in Potiskum, Yobe state, also on Sunday, killed six people.No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks, but security
agencies believe the bombings have the imprimatur of the extremist Boko
Haram sect that has been killing and maiming innocent Nigerians in the
past six years.